could smash auction records at car show

(CNN)A 1950s racing Ferrari, expected to sell for $34 million (€32 million), is poised to smash the record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction, in Paris next month.
The supercar will headline three major sales at the Retromobile Classic Car show in France, between February 3 and 7.
The 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti was driven to victory by British Formula 1 champion Stirling Moss, at the Cuba Grand Prix in 1958. In 1957, the car set the first 200 km/h-plus lap record at 24 Hours of Le Mans, known as the grand prix of endurance and efficiency.
"[It is] both a work of art and the queen of speed," says Matthieu Lamoure, managing director of auction house Artcurial, which is offering the Ferrari. "[It] represents the elixir of the exceptional: beauty, rarity, racing success, history, authenticity and provenance."
The current record for most expensive car sold at auction is held by the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, which sold for $38 million in 2014, in California.
    Scroll through the gallery above for Retromobile 2016 auction highlights from Artcurial, Bonhams and RM Sotheby's.

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